Willy Wonka — is the remake better?

Yesterday, as part of some field research, I asked if the recent “Charlotte’s Web” live action remake is better than the original animated film. While readers seemed to be split on that debate, it seemed as if more people wanted to talk about the Willy Wonka movies.

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The one true Wonka?

We’ve considered screening one or both of the “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” movies as a “The Poop Presents” entry. I would definitely want to play the original first, but I thought that the Johnny Depp remake was surprisingly good. We took our son to it as a baby brigade movie, and had an enjoyable time. I liked Johnny Depp’s Anna Wintour-inspired spin on the character, liked the fact that Tim Burton tried to do something that was more in tune with Roald Dahl’s book and liked the new Oompa Loompa song. (Even better in Spanish.)

Forget the headline on this post, which was shamelessly crafted to drive up traffic so we can all retire next week. I won’t ask which one is better, because that’s probably going to be a one-sided comments thread. But for the purpose of screening it some day, is the new “Wonka” also worthy of consideration?